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Judge dismisses Sam Altman’s sister’s sexual abuse lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1014976/sam-altman-ann-altman-lawsuit-dismissed

TikTok employees said they knew about child safety issues, but execs failed to act https://www.theverge.com/tech/1014250/tiktok-employees-internal-child-safety-warnings

TikTok bans Musk documentary account https://www.theverge.com/tech/1013453/tiktok-bans-alex-gibneys-musk-documentary

The Tesla Roadster flew, drove upside down, and hit 60mph in under a second https://www.theverge.com/transportation/1012552/tesla-roadster-next-gen-reveal-elon-musk

Your secrets aren’t safe with this cute robot toy — they’re on Chinese servers ready to be hacked https://www.theverge.com/tech/1010727/eiliko-robot-hack-energize-lab

Sprout Pi adds Bluetooth, streaming, and USB-C to your aging iPod https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1011266/sprout-pi-adds-bluetooth-streaming-and-usb-c-to-your-aging-ipod

Actress Mia Goth says it’s ‘incomprehensible’ that Instagram allowed an AI image of her to spread https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1010277/mia-goth-instagram-ai-shirt-deepfake-divorce

Anthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1009090/anthropic-fake-homicide-information-philadelphia-pd-tip

YouTube, Meta, and Twitch won’t say if they’ll allow the US government to live stream an execution https://www.theverge.com/streaming/1008722/youtube-meta-twitch-government-execution-livestream

US plans livestream of execution by firing squad https://www.theverge.com/tech/1008530/us-government-livestream-execution-firing-squad-fort-hood

Our favorite headphones and earbuds are cheaper during October Prime Day https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1004886/october-prime-day-big-deals-days-headphones-earbuds-deal-sale

HBO Max and Paramount Plus will merge into a single streamer under Skydance https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1005696/hbo-max-paramout-plus-merge-skydance

Amazon Alexa Plus keeps creepily singing ‘lalala’ for minutes on end https://www.theverge.com/tech/1005342/amazon-alexa-plus-keeps-creepily-singing-lalala-for-minutes-on-end

If a data center is camouflaged in the woods, will anyone hate it? https://www.theverge.com/tech/1003681/microsoft-data-centers-ai-environment-biomimicry

Asus won’t say how it escaped the US router ban https://www.theverge.com/policy/1002504/asus-escape-us-router-ban-us-manufacturing

Suspected ShinyHunters leader arrested in the Netherlands https://www.theverge.com/tech/1002410/shinyhunters-hacking-suspect-arrested

Meta’s Muse AI sent a YouTuber’s address to a stranger https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1001886/meta-muse-ai-facebook-marketplace-security-concerns

Firefox just got a redesign with round tabs, new themes, and Compact Mode https://www.theverge.com/tech/1001867/mozilla-firefox-157-redesign-compact-mode

First Xiaomi, then the world: why Arm might give phone gaming a huge graphics boost https://www.theverge.com/games/990676/arm-neural-rendering-mali-g2-ultra-xiaomi-xring-o3

Nvidia is buying Hugging Face for almost $13 billion https://www.theverge.com/tech/985474/nvidia-buying-hugging-face-deal

1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project https://www.theverge.com/tech/988536/1password-dhh-linux-controversy

Google further buries search results under AI mode https://www.theverge.com/tech/986364/google-search-ai-overviews-auto-expand

Bill Gates is deeply worried about AI, and he’s no longer staying quiet https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/984923/bill-gates-is-deeply-worried-about-ai-and-hes-no-longer-staying-quiet

The OLED Xbox Ally X20 officially starts at $1,300 https://www.theverge.com/games/984139/the-oled-xbox-ally-x20-officially-starts-at-1300

Android is getting its own weird dots to cure car sickness https://www.theverge.com/tech/984226/google-motion-assist-anti-nausea-car-sickness-cure

Amazon just hiked the prices for Echo, Fire TV, and Kindle products by up to 60 percent https://www.theverge.com/tech/983598/amazon-price-increase-echo-kindle-fire-tv

FCC officially decides gigabit speeds are too good for you https://www.theverge.com/policy/982863/fcc-kills-gigabit-goal

Nvidia’s new financial strategy does not compute https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/981668/nvidias-goldman-blackrock-gpu-compute-asset

Amazon’s drones will soon deliver to nearly 500 US cities and towns https://www.theverge.com/tech/981908/amazon-prime-air-drone-delivery-us-expansion

Coyote vs. Acme is even funnier because Warner Bros. Discovery tried to kill it https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/981131/coyote-vs-acme-david-zaslac-warner-bros-discovery

Comcast is turning millions of its routers into motion detectors https://www.theverge.com/news/981381/comcast-xfinity-shield-wifi-motion-sensing

Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods appear in leaked video https://www.theverge.com/tech/981326/apple-airpods-with-cameras-demo-video-leak

Amazon is trying to crush class-action suits before they get started https://www.theverge.com/tech/980752/amazon-class-action-arbitration-terms-and-conditions

The Trump admin will start letting private firms launch international cyberattacks https://www.theverge.com/policy/979734/trump-administration-cybercrime-private-firms

Cats and dogs are missing meals after a popular smart feeder went down https://www.theverge.com/tech/979295/petlibro-outage-smart-pet-feeders

Why does Apple keep banning Telegram, but never X? https://www.theverge.com/tech/976405/apple-telegram-ban-x-app-store-violations

X product chief Nikita Bier is leaving after one year https://www.theverge.com/tech/975955/x-twitter-nikita-bier-leaving

Google Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day https://www.theverge.com/tech/973943/google-earth-ai-image-generation-deepfake-tool

The union drive at the Wikimedia Foundation is expanding https://www.theverge.com/news/972182/wikipedia-wikimedia-foundation-union-editor-strike

New Yorkers will soon need to verify their age to access algorithmic feeds https://www.theverge.com/policy/972007/new-york-safe-for-kids-act-age-verification

With smart glasses, Meta holds all the cards but fails to play them well  https://www.theverge.com/tech/970948/meta-smart-glasses-privacy-wearables

The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border https://www.theverge.com/policy/971097/us-charging-american-citizen-wiping-phone-duress-password

Google hit with $1 billion fine for breaking EU antitrust rules https://www.theverge.com/tech/943866/google-alphabet-eu-dma-fine-search-services-play-store-steering

Meta won’t have to face the next planned social media addiction trial https://www.theverge.com/policy/969644/meta-social-media-addiction-trial-dropped

FCC plans to clear the way for more media consolidation https://www.theverge.com/policy/966283/fcc-broadcast-ownership-cap-brendan-carr

AI slop movies are the new direct-to-video cash grabs https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/965616/ash-koosha-odysseus-the-fall-foundtain-zero-tilly-norwood

Google and Epic give up fighting — third-party Android app stores are coming next week https://www.theverge.com/policy/965792/google-epic-withdraw-injunction-third-party-app-stores-coming-google-play

SpaceXAI’s Grok programming tool was uploading its users’ entire codebase to cloud storage https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/965600/spacexai-grok-build-repository-upload

Meta accused of using biased AI targeting for mass layoffs https://www.theverge.com/tech/965486/meta-lawsuit-former-employees-ai-layoffs

Microsoft’s carbon emissions went up 25 percent last year https://www.theverge.com/tech/963728/microsoft-sustainability-report-2026

The ChatGPT browser is already dead https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/963654/openai-chatgpt-atlas-ai-browser-shut-down-sunset

America’s cheapest new EV is smaller than a ping-pong table and tops out at 19mph https://www.theverge.com/transportation/962753/fiat-topolino-ev-us-price-specs-micromobiilty

iFixit has a new toolkit for fixing appliances, building furniture, and household repairs https://www.theverge.com/tech/962055/ifixit-megalodon-tool-kit-household-appliance-repairs

Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns? https://www.theverge.com/tech/960802/3d-printed-gun-laws-ghost-guns

White House deletes thousands of web pages about energy conservation as heatwave slams US https://www.theverge.com/policy/961449/white-house-mamdani-heatwave-deletion

The Slate Auto pickup truck starts at $24,950 https://www.theverge.com/transportation/955738/slate-auto-truck-ev-price-availability

I drove the Slate Truck — there’s more to it than EV minimalism https://www.theverge.com/transportation/955454/slate-truck-ev-price-drive-specs-minimalism

Tesla claims driver ‘manually overrode self-driving’ in deadly Texas crash https://www.theverge.com/transportation/955153/tesla-full-self-driving-texas-crash

The Steam Machine is the start of an even more expensive future for game consoles https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/953615/steam-machine-price-game-consoles-future-ps6-project-helix

Midjourney Medical goes from generating ‘cat images’ to full-body ultrasound scans https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/952011/midjourney-medical-ai-ultrasound-scan

Android 17 arrives on Pixel phones today https://www.theverge.com/tech/950651/android-17-release-pixel-drop-google-bubble-screen-reaction

Apple’s weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness https://www.theverge.com/tech/942854/apple-vehicle-motion-cues-review-really-work

Xbox is closing down Hellblade creator Ninja Theory https://www.theverge.com/games/950204/xbox-ninja-theory-shutdown-hellblade-senua

The future of Hollywood isn’t feeding prompts into vanilla gen AI models  https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/948425/tribeca-2026-dear-upstairs-neighbors-google-deepmind-openai

Nothing CEO says phone prices are going to keep going up https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/949403/nothing-carl-pei-ram-phone-prices

The world’s first trillionaire is a killer https://www.theverge.com/tech/949259/the-worlds-first-trillionaire-is-a-killer

A warrantless wiretap law is about to expire — but surveillance networks aren’t actually ‘going dark’ https://www.theverge.com/tech/948451/fisa-702-reauthorization-vote-fails-congress-wiretapping-lapse

Elon Musk is encouraging race riots on the eve of SpaceX’s IPO https://www.theverge.com/policy/948426/elon-musk-belfast-riots-anti-immigration

The mayor of Shelbyville, Indiana, says only people who live in ‘shitty houses’ oppose data center https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/944984/shelbyville-indiana-mayor-shitty-houses-data-center

Valve says it’s ready to launch the Steam Machine this summer https://www.theverge.com/games/943657/valve-steam-machine-frame-summer-launch-verified

Microsoft and OpenAI broke up — now they’re ready to fight https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/942242/microsoft-build-ai-agents-openai-competition

Google must let publishers opt out of AI Search features, rules UK https://www.theverge.com/tech/942302/google-search-ai-overviews-uk-cma-publisher-opt-out

Nvidia announces RTX Spark as ‘the most efficient PC chip ever built’ https://www.theverge.com/tech/940589/nvidia-rtx-spark-n1-n1x-laptop-desktop-pc-cpu-gpu-ai-release-date

Microsoft is threatening legal action for disclosing exploits https://www.theverge.com/tech/940416/microsoft-nightmare-eclipse-zero-day-vulnerability

Nvidia, Microsoft, and Arm are all teasing Nvidia’s new N1X laptop processors https://www.theverge.com/news/940275/nvidia-n1x-laptop-processor-arm-microsoft-teaser

YouTube is putting AI labels where you’ll actually see them https://www.theverge.com/streaming/937915/youtube-ai-labels-shorts-automatic-identification-updates

‘Fuck you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing https://www.theverge.com/tech/931532/bambu-agpl-pawel-jarczak-open-source-threat-dmca-github

Trump Mobile may be leaking customer addresses https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/934522/trump-mobile-may-be-leaking-customer-addresses

Trump is waging a silent war on legal immigration https://www.theverge.com/policy/932865/trump-legal-immigration-denaturalizations-uscis

PlayStation exclusives aren’t coming to PC anymore https://www.theverge.com/games/932817/playstation-exclusive-games-pc

Amazon Alexa Plus can now create AI-generated podcasts https://www.theverge.com/tech/932375/amazon-alexa-plus-ai-podcasts

Linus Torvalds says Linux security list is becoming ‘unmanageable’ due to AI bug reports https://www.theverge.com/tech/932312/linus-torvalds-linux-ai-security-bugs

Does Trump Mobile know how many stripes are on the American flag? https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/931347/trump-mobile-t1-phone-logo-flag-stars-stripes

Google announces its Chromebook successor: the Googlebook https://www.theverge.com/tech/928479/google-googlebook-laptops-android-tease-aluminium-chromebook

Parents say ChatGPT got their son killed with bad advice on party drugs https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/928691/openai-chatgpt-wrongful-death-overdose

Sam Altman takes the stand in trial against Elon Musk https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/916975/altman-takes-stand-elon-musk-openai-trial

George Clooney, Tom Hanks, and Meryl Streep back new ‘Human Consent Standard’ for AI licensing https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/928534/rsl-media-human-consent-standard

ABC and Disney accuse Trump admin of violating First Amendment rights https://www.theverge.com/policy/927002/abc-disney-fcc-first-amendment-the-view

Nintendo announces a new Star Fox for the Switch 2 https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/925601/star-fox-nintendo-switch-2

Google’s AI search summaries will now quote Reddit https://www.theverge.com/tech/924993/google-ai-search-mode-overviews-update-reddit-links

Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not delivering AI Siri https://www.theverge.com/tech/924706/apple-iphone-siri-intelligence-class-action-lawsuit-settlement

Meta sued by major book publishers over copyright infringement https://www.theverge.com/tech/924230/meta-publishers-lawsuit-ai-copyright

AI music is flooding streaming services — but who wants it? https://www.theverge.com/column/921599/ai-music-is-flooding-streaming-services-but-who-wants-it

Spirit Airlines shuts down after Trump’s war on Iran doubled jet fuel prices https://www.theverge.com/business/922788/spirit-airlines-shutdown

X is going to let Grok curate your timeline https://www.theverge.com/tech/917113/x-ai-grok-timeline-curation

Anthropic’s most dangerous AI model just fell into the wrong hands https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/916501/anthropic-mythos-unauthorized-users-access-security

Japanese man sentenced to prison for posting spoilers https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/914984/godzilla-minus-one-overlord-coda-spoilers-lawsuit-toho-kadokawa-shoten

The future of local TV news has taken a Trumpian turn https://www.theverge.com/column/914674/nexstar-tegna-merger-trump-local-news

Gucci-branded Google smart glasses are coming next year https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/913523/google-gucci-ai-smart-glasses-2027

Snap is laying off 16 percent of its staff as it leans into AI https://www.theverge.com/tech/912314/snap-layoffs-1000-staffers-ai-profitability